ML032390641

2003 Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan for Beaver Valley Power Station

ML032390641
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Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	08/27/2003
From:	Blough A Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Pearce L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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August 27, 2003 Mr. L. William Pearce Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Post Office Box 4 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Pearce:

On July 29, 2003, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance review of the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (Beaver Valley). The mid-cycle review for Beaver Valley involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance for the first half of the calendar year 2003 assessment cycle. The process included a review of performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve months. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one White inspection finding, having low to moderate safety significance, that affected the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone. The finding, which your staff identified, involved untimely emergency response staffing. Specifically, your organization was unable to staff twelve (12) radiation protection (RP) technician augmented positions during emergency call-out drills, as required by your Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP), in a timely manner. The NRC concluded that there was no immediate safety concern due to the interim compensatory measures that were implemented by your staff, which included issuance of cell phones and pagers to RP technicians.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2004.

The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff, and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review meeting. In addition to the reactor oversight program baseline inspections, the NRC intends to perform a supplemental inspection on November 3 - 7, 2003, to provide assurance that the root and contributing causes are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions taken are sufficient to prevent recurrence of the above-noted White inspection finding in the EP area.

Mr. William Pearce 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Electronic Reading Room).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Mr. Neil Perry of my staff at (610) 337-5225 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 05000334, 05000412 License Nos. DPR-66, NPF-73

Enclosure:

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan

Mr. William Pearce 3 cc w/encl:

J. Lash, Plant General Manager V. Kaminskas, Director, Nuclear Maintenance R. Mende, Director, Nuclear Work Management T. Cosgrove, Director, Nuclear Engineering/Projects L. Freeland, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs & Corrective Actions M. Clancy, Mayor, Shippingport, PA R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Ohio State of West Virginia Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Mr. William Pearce 4 Distribution w/encl:

H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRS B. Holian, DRP K. McConnell, DRP N. Perry, DRP R. Barkley, DRP D. Kern, DRP - Senior Resident Inspector P. Maccaglia, Site Secretary P. Kaufman, DRS J. McFadden, DRS G. Smith, DRS D. Silk, DRS J. Jolicoeur, OEDO R. Laufer, NRR T. Colburn, PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch7 - Oyster Creek, Three Mile Island and Beaver Valley\Rop4 Mid-cycle Review\BV-ROP4-MidCycleLetterRV1.WPD After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

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Page 1 of 2 Beaver Valley 08/27/2003 14:47:29 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 06/29/2003 - 09/30/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 4 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 2 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 4 2 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02) 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Safety Issues 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - L.O. REQUALIFIATION PROGRAM U2 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 10/26/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections 71130 - SECURITY 2 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only) 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization) 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy) 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 95001 - AUGMENTATION WHITE FOLLOW UP 1 1, 2 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Supplemental Program INSPECT - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 01/26/2004 01/30/2004 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/05/2004 01/09/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/05/2004 01/09/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 01/05/2004 01/09/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 01/05/2004 01/09/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Beaver Valley 08/27/2003 14:47:29 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 06/29/2003 - 09/30/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RDA SAFETY - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EXERCSIE EVAL AND EP PI VERIFICATION 6 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 05/10/2004 05/14/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/10/2004 05/14/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 05/17/2004 05/21/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 05/24/2004 05/28/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION U1 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111108P - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 09/15/2004 09/19/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.